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· 12/29/1997

Blum Ex Rel. Blum v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Citations

  • 705 A.2d 1314
  • 1997 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3861

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • doctor’s conclusion that Bendectin causes clubfeet is not generally accepted, and therefore inadmissible under Frye, in part because no published studies have reached that conclusion
  • “[T]he judge as gatekeeper decides whether the expert is offering sufficiently reliable, solid, trustworthy evidence.”
  • “[T]he judge as gatekeeper decides whether the expert is offering sufficiently reliable, solid, trustworthy evidence.”
  • “[T]he judge as gatekeeper decides whether the expert is offering sufficiently reliable, solid, trustworthy evidence.”
  • “[T]he judge as gatekeeper decides whether the expert is offering sufficiently reliable, solid, trustworthy evidence.”
  • before scientifically adduced evidence may be admitted at trial it must satisfy the standards established in Frye

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Judges: Beck, Hudock, Cercone

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